Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/04/26
By: Wen Kui-hsiang, Matt Yu and Chung Yu-chen

Taipei, April 26 (CNA) Former Premier Lai Ching-te (賴清德) of the ruling Democratic

Former Premier Lai Ching-te (賴清德, front, second right)

Progressive Party (DPP) said Friday that the party’s presidential nominee should be decided by a primary amid reports that pro-Taiwan independence groups have expressed hope that Lai will step back and allow President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) to run unopposed.

Public trust in the party will be at stake if the DPP decides on its presidential candidate without holding a primary, Lai said on his Facebook page.

Lai’s comment came after pro-Taiwan independence academics and civic groups called a day earlier for a Tsai-Lai presidential ticket to ensure the survival of a “local regime.”    [FULL  STORY]